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Les Savy Fav’s ‘Dadgenerate’ Frontman Tim Harrington Pens Children’s Book

Tim Harrington, the charismatic frontman of New York indie fixture Les Savy Fav, is publishing a children’s book.

The book is a “humorous, fresh take on the nursery rhyme ‘This Little Piggy,’ featuring drumming, dancing, and superhero toes,” according to the deal report on Publisher’s Marketplace. William Morris Endeavor’s Andy McNicol sold it to Alessandra Balzer at Balzer & Bray, a children’s imprint at HarperCollins. Read More

Countdown to Bliss

Tim Harrington and Anna Schwebel

Met: May 1999

Engaged: Jan. 26, 2003

Projected Wedding Date: July 3, 2004

When Tim Harrington’s future mother-in-law first saw him perform in his punk-rock band, Les Savy Fav, she had a most unmother-in-lawish reaction. “She was like, ‘He’s the Messiah!’” said his fiancée, Anna Schwebel.

“She’s European Read More